Laboratory Space:
Rooms 538 and 540 in UB's Natural Sciences Complex (NSC)

 


NSC 540:
Materials Synthesis Laboratory

NSC 538:
Spectroscopy and Electrochemistry Laboratory

 



Instruments in the Synthetic Laboratory:

 


VAC OmniLab Glovebox

  • Application: Inert atmosphere synthesis of inorganic colloids.

     


Furnace

  • Application: Sintering of inorganic thin films and solids.

     

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Instruments in the Spectroscopy/Electrochemistry Laboratory

 


Nd:YAG-pumped OPO Laser

  • Specifications of Laser Setup

    • Continuum Panther Optical Parametric Oscillator (OPO) pumped by Continuum Powerlite 8000 Nd:YAG laser
    • 2-6 ns pulsewidth
    • 10-60 mJ/pulse
    • 10 Hz rep. rate
    • tunable wavelength from 410-700 nm
  • Applications:
    • Transient absorption spectroscopy
    • Time-resolved emission spectroscopy
    • Light source for photochemical reactions


Agilent 8453 Ultraviolet-Visible Spectrophotometer

  • Application: Absorption spectroscopy


Cary Eclipse Fluorescence Spectrophotometer

  • Application: Emission spectroscopy

     


Princeton Applied Research 263A and 363 Potentiostats

  • Applications: Electrochemistry and electrochemical deposition of thin films

     


Photoelectrochemistry Setup
  • Specifications of the Photoelectrochemistry Setup
    • Xenon lamp white light source
    • LabView controlled monochromator and source meter
    • Calibrated silicon photodiode

  • Applications:
    • Incident photon to current efficiency
    • Current-voltage response curves
    • Automated data collection

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